On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:14:54AM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 03:48:54PM -0600, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > > severity 169969 serious > > Bug#169969: acfax: Pure virtual build-depends on libxaw-dev > > Severity set to `serious'. > > > > > severity 170006 serious > > Bug#170006: emacs20: Pure virtual build-depends on libxaw-dev > > Severity set to `serious'. > > Why is a pure virtual build-depends a serious bug? > Could you please point out the section of policy?
Forget the pure virtual bit - nothing in unstable provides libxaw-dev any more. xfree86 (4.2.1-12) unstable; urgency=high [...] * Kill off libxaw-dev virtual package per discussion on debian-devel mailing list. - debian/control: + libxaw6-dev now conflicts with and replaces libxaw7-dev instead of libxaw-dev + libxaw6-dev no longer provides libxaw-dev + libxaw7-dev now conflicts with and replaces libxaw6-dev instead of libxaw-dev + libxaw7-dev no longer provides libxaw-dev [...] -- Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 30 Sep 2003 15:34:48 -0500 Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]